Short Story Analysis

The Black Cat

GROUP 2
De Leon, Alyssa Mae F.
De Rueda, Robert Andrei M.
Egos, Trisha Mae F.
Galang, Alyana Yesha
Garcia, Jean Heart
Lustre, Nicole Rose
Lopez, Danica
Dionisio, Mardi
Fajardo, Jeff
Julianes, Angel Karen
Espiritu, Aleck Bryan
Javier, Joshua

ACTIVITY: SHORT STORY ANALYSIS

DIRECTIONS:
1. Read one of the short stories written by Edgar Allan Poe below:
 The Tell-Tale Heart 
 The Black Cat 
 The Cask of Amontillado
2. Closely examine the story and create a Short Story Analysis using the elements discussed in this 3 lesson.
Write in ENGLISH.

Element Answers Guide Questions

Characters
The Narrator - Unnamed character, which is
abusive and murderer. Mostly seems to be
blaming the cats for all of his problems. The
Protagonist of the story.
Who are the
The Narrator's Wife - Highly sympathetic characters?
Character/s
character. Kind and heroic. What type of character
are they?
Pluto- The protagonist's pet. He reflects his
own soul's changing relationship.

The Second Black Cat - Possibly the

reincarnation of the protagonist's pet Pluto.
Setting
Jail cell - where we met the narrator
The Narrator's House - where he killed the
black cat and it burned down while they Where/When was the setting
Setting
were sleeping. of the story?
The cellar - where the narrator walls the
remains of his own wife
•dark and dirty drinking house

Plot How did the story start?

 Exposition  What was the conflict in the
(Use the provided Freytag Pyramid template to detail the plot of
 Rising Action story?
the story.)
 Climax What is the most exciting
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 Falling Action part of the story?
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 Denouement How was the conflict
resolved?
How did the story end?
Conflict Conflict What type of conflict was
portrayed in the story?Who
The conflict of the story is Man Vs Self. It are involved in the struggle
shows in the story that this man or the or obstacle in the story?
author itself are having difficulties when it
comes to making decisions. Also maybe, as
concluded, he's suffering from a
psychological disorder. When he's already
at age, and there's nothing more to expect
 in life, he became dreadful, short-tempered,
irratable and violent. The black cat he had
once, was relentlessly killed by him. Also,
killed his wife without further a do. And
even confirmed that he has a psychological
order by giving a clue to the police where
he hid his wife that was killed by himself
POINT OF VIEW
The point of view of the story is first-person, What pronouns were used in
since the author used the pronoun “I” in telling the story?
Point of View
writing this story. Aside from that, the On whose perspective is the
story being told?
narrator tells his story about his encounters
and experience with the black cat.
Theme
The theme of the story, which refers on the
central and unifying concepts are Loathe
and Amorous. It shows the love and What is the central and
Theme unifying concept of the
affection of the characters with each other, story?
more particularly with the man and his wife.
It also shows the hatred feeling towards the
man and his wife.